Not only did he refuse to take responsibility? He even got involved with his cousin...? Gangzi, you really get around!
"Hey, what are you picking for this question?"
"What else? D, of course. I've got Gangzi figured out now. The guy's got no character, so whenever there's an option that makes someone look bad, pick that one. Can't go wrong!"
"Yoshi, that makes sense! I'm picking D too. Yu Xiaogang obviously abandoned her after leading her on!"
The moment the question appeared, so did the crowd's chatter.
After the earlier questions had set the stage, plenty of people had learned part of Yu Xiaogang's true nature.
Yu Xiaogang had been inferior to the Man Faced Demon Spider in the previous question, and the last one had revealed that he'd plagiarized his theories. Now it seemed this Gangzi probably wasn't a man of much character.
On the arena.
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun exchanged glances with the others.
Dai Mubai was still the boldest. He asked outright, "Teacher Er Long, what exactly happened when Grandmaster left you back then?"
They'd heard a rough account at the time, but surely only the people involved knew the details of their breakup.
Still, would Liu Erlong really want to reopen that old wound?
When Dai Mubai asked, Liu Erlong's thoughts drifted involuntarily back to that night.
Back then, she and Xiaogang had been in love, and Flender, the hopeless simp, had officiated their wedding. It should have been a wonderful night.
Who could have guessed that Yu Luomian's appearance would turn the celebration into a tragedy?
Whenever Liu Erlong remembered how Yu Xiaogang had simply abandoned her and left, showing none of the responsibility expected of a man, she felt nothing but heartache.
Over the years, if not for how much she missed him, she would have stopped hoping long ago. She'd only managed to suppress her disappointment in Yu Xiaogang.
But now the Q&A Game had exposed the truth: the man she loved had built his reputation on fake talent.
And with that old incident being dragged up again, Liu Erlong felt even more dejected. The disappointment she'd kept buried resurfaced, little by little.
Faced with Dai Mubai's question, all Liu Erlong could do was laugh bitterly at herself.
"Back then..."
"Heh..."
She didn't answer, but her expression and attitude said it all.
Flender sighed beside her. "Sigh. You can only say fate played a cruel trick on them."
Dai Mubai nodded. Then he turned to the others.
"Got it. We're picking D."
"Just look at how Teacher Er Long can barely bring herself to talk about it. That tells you all you need to know about how Gangzi acted back then."
"Damn, I've seen unreliable men, but never anyone this unreliable!" Oscar immediately chimed in.
"They were about to get married, and he still ran away?"
"Looks like Yu Xiaogang isn't just bad at theory. His character's awful too. He's not a man at all!"
Ma Hongjun snickered. "So Teacher Er Long's never been with a man?"
"What, are you interested?" Dai Mubai asked with a cold laugh.
Ma Hongjun shook his head. He was just a habitual lecher; that didn't mean anything.
Still, as Gangzi's true nature came to light, the others picked the right answer, D.
Pope Palace.
Bibi Dong looked at the question, her expression seeming a little dazed.
"This..."
"So after Xiaogang left back then, he really did choose to be with Liu Erlong. They even nearly became husband and wife."
"But why would he leave just because of some elder?"
"And now they're asking how Xiaogang left."
Bibi Dong looked around. Many people were saying that Yu Xiaogang must have led his lover on, then abandoned her and fled like a coward.
But Bibi Dong didn't believe it.
She gritted her teeth. "Hmph! Even now, all these people know how to do is slander Xiaogang!"
"Even if he borrowed ideas from those who came before him, that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with him!"
"Were those people who came before him blameless?"
"I believe Xiaogang isn't a bad person. There must have been a reason he and this Liu Erlong broke up!"
"He's a man who dares to love and hate, not some irresponsible coward like everyone says."
"Xiaogang, even if the whole world turns against you, I'll still support you."
"Because you're Xiaogang, the most outstanding man I've ever known~"
As she spoke, Bibi Dong's eyes filled with longing.
It was as if Yu Xiaogang truly were a divine being, radiating the light of the stars.
Without a moment's hesitation, Bibi Dong resolutely chose A: Yu Xiaogang must have tried to fight back!
Hu Liena and the others still didn't know what to pick.
Hu Liena turned to Song Ye. "Song Ye, what are you going to pick for this question?"
"Choose the answer that makes the most sense."
"I'm picking D. What about you?" Hu Liena asked again.
Song Ye nodded. At last, this woman could get one right. He replied, "Don't ask so many questions. Just follow your instincts."
"I'll say it again: find the underlying logic!"
"But Teacher's picking A. Doesn't she know Yu Xiaogang better?" Hu Liena had unconsciously grown to respect Song Ye a little, and she asked him for advice.
"Maybe Yu Xiaogang really isn't much of a theorist, but he's a responsible person."
"Otherwise, why would Teacher like him so much?"
Song Ye just sneered and asked, "Old Hu, do you know what a simp is?"
"No. Is it some kind of Spirit Beast?" Hu Liena shook her head.
Song Ye said mysteriously, "When you become a simp one day, you'll understand what goes through a simp's mind!"
"Me, become a simp?" Hu Liena rubbed her head, even more confused.
She muttered to herself, "I'm human. How could I turn into a Spirit Beast?"
"Song Ye sure says the strangest things..."
Not far away.
Tang San stared intently at the new question, his expression more serious than anyone else's.
He'd already judged the previous question wrong, and it had made him lose faith in Yu Xiaogang.
"Who would've thought he'd steal other people's work and pass it off as his own?"
"I thought I was the only one who'd do something like that, but I never expected Gangzi to copy me!"
Tang San looked at the question and said coldly, "I even went so far as to call him my teacher. What a waste of feelings!"
"Now this question is about Gangzi's love life."
"It's obvious they're trying to expose his true nature one step at a time!"
"Fine, fine! Gangzi, I'm picking D! I want to see just how low you can go. Don't tell me you'll turn out worse than me!"
Tang San had already sensed that something was off about Yu Xiaogang, but he still didn't know just how low Yu Xiaogang could stoop.
But he knew the answer to this question, so he'd claim its reward first.
Aside from him, Liu Erlong, Bibi Dong, and the others, few people were still paying attention to Yu Xiaogang.
Most of the other spectators simply picked an answer at random. Nearly all of them chose D. After all, assuming the worst about the man was bound to be right.
Soon, the characters' answers were entered one after another.
The Light Screen promptly revealed the answers, without any unnecessary delay.
[Correct answer: D!] [He didn't care what happened to his lover. He simply left, abandoned her, and kept running away!] [Winners: Song Ye, Tang San, Liu Erlong, Hu Liena, Dai Mubai...] [Reward: Soul Power Level increased by 0.5!] [At the wedding of Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, even though Flender, the hopeless simp and cuck, was there to help, the ceremony was still ruined!] [At the critical moment, Liu Erlong's father, Yu Yuanzhen, barged in to stop them and revealed their relationship.] [It turned out Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang were cousins—in other words, they were engaging in incest with a close relative! Yu Xiaogang didn't dare take responsibility and fled on their wedding night, abandoning her after leading her on!]
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